> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fugs & Pieces, February 8th, 2019 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-pieces-february-8th-2019-02-2019/ - Published: 2019-02-08T22:00:04.000Z - Updated: 2019-02-08T23:43:55.000Z - Description: Heists! Con-men! Engagements! Copy editors! - Author: Jessica - Tags: Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:00 Greetings! As an FYI, I hope you've eaten your Wheaties, because this weekend is BUSY: The BAFTAs are Sunday, and the Grammys are ALSO Sunday. Will no one think of the bloggers? I assume you've read [this piece about Dan Mallory in The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/a-suspense-novelists-trail-of-deceptions?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) and if you haven't, you should. IT IS A RIDE. Speaking of writers, Rosamunde Pilcher -- the POLAR OPPOSITE of Dan Mallory -- died this week. [Her obit in the Guardian is lovely](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/07/rosamunde-pilcher-author-of-the-shell-seekers-dies-aged-94?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). I love her books. They're so....sweeping and warm and hugely diverting. My grandmother, who died last year at 96, found a joy in reading rather late in life (she *loved* to read, but she only figured that out when she was like 75) and she was a huge fan of Pilcher. The nice thing about figuring out that you love to read when you are 75 is that there are A LOT of books to work through. I think everyone's [Pilcher Starter Book is The Shell Seekers.](https://amzn.to/2Dkqt4X?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Speaking of writers, this is from last year -- prior to the mid-term elections -- but I was reminded of it after I watched Stacey Abrams give the rebuttal to the State of the Union address. [It's an interview Abrams did about her career as a romance novelist, and it's GREAT.](https://ew.com/books/2018/09/05/stacey-abrams-interview/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[Entertainment Weekly\] Riveting, at the LA Times: [Thieves stole architectural gems from USC in a heist that remained hidden for years](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-architecture-gems-stolen-usc-mystery-20190203-htmlstory.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Pajiba, the answer to this question is OBVIOUSLY YES: [Are You Ready For a Tyra Banks Theme Park?](https://www.pajiba.com/celebrities%5Fare%5Fbetter%5Fthan%5Fyou/tyra-banks-announces-theme-park-experience-named-modelland.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This is a FASCINATING piece, at New York magazine, [about the Porta-Potty king of New York, and his competitors](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/charles-howard-porta-potty-king-of-nyc.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). At Celebitchy: Did you hear that Jennifer Lawrence is engaged? [It's true.](https://www.celebitchy.com/609011/newly%5Fengaged%5Fjennifer%5Flawrence%5Fcooke%5Fmaroney%5Fstepped%5Fout%5Fin%5Fnyc/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) This is[ a really interesting-- and useful! -- interview with the copy chief at Random House](https://www.npr.org/2019/02/05/691556181/random-house-copy-chief-stand-tall-wordsmiths-but-choose-your-battles??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). I am going to use his tip about zombies henceforth.\[NPR\] At Lainey: [This *My Best Friend's Wedding* reunion cover is quite cute, and I miss Cameron Diaz.](https://pubx.co/s5ilXq?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Related, at Entertainment Weekly: [How to determine whether a movie is or isn't a rom-com](https://ew.com/movies/2019/02/06/what-is-a-rom-com/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) At Lainey:[ I liked this take on Bradley Cooper's not being nominated for Best Director.](https://pubx.co/sL9XxV?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Again related: [The New York Times sits down and figures out The Path to Oscar Victory for Every Best Picture Nominee](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/movies/best-picture-odds.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) The Mary Sue has [all the deets on the *What We Do In the Shadows* TV show, a project for which I personally am VERY excited.](https://www.themarysue.com/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-fx-taika-waititi-jermaine-clement/?utm%5Fsource=web&utm%5Fmedium=fuv&utm%5Fcampaign=linkswap) This is interesting, at The Goods: [How a false eyelash boom aided North Korea.](https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/4/18210927/elf-false-eyelash-north-korea-sanctions?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)